# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 20 — Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Under Federally Approved Program

### Chapter 34 — General Provisions on Adjudicatory Hearings

#### Regulation .07 Record of Adjudicatory Hearing.

*COMAR 26.20.34.07*

A. Adjudicatory hearings shall be either stenographically reported verbatim or tape recorded, and then may be transcribed. Stenographic notes or tapes, or originals of the transcript, shall be filed with the record along with all exhibits. Any party who desires a copy of a transcript of the hearing may request a copy from the hearing officer and pay the costs. If the transcript is prepared by a private stenographer, the hearing officer may direct interested persons to make arrangements for copies by dealing directly with the reporter.

B. All orders issued by the hearing officer, stenographic notes or tapes, or transcripts of oral hearings or arguments, written statements of position, written direct and rebuttal testimony, and any other data, studies, reports, documentation, information, and other written matter submitted in the adjudicatory hearing, shall be a part of the administrative record of the adjudicatory hearing, and shall be available to the public in the office of the Bureau upon compilation.